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Press Information for The Saw Doctors

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Award Winning Irish Folk-Rock Will Turn Long’s Park on its Head August 15, 2010.

LANCASTER, PA -- Galway’s music ambassadors will treat Long’s Park concertgoers to one of their favorite sound flavors when The Saw Doctors take the amphitheater stage on August 15, 2010. The gritty Irish folk-rock band is “one of the world’s most appealing roots rock outfits,” according to The Washington Post. Their free performance, part of the 2010 Long’s Park Summer Music Series, will begin Sunday night at 7:30 pm.

Weber Advertising & Marketing is sponsoring helping to underwrite The Saw Doctors’ appearance at Long’s Park.

A true “people’s band,” The Saw Doctors boast a fervent fan base in their Ireland and America. Since coming together in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, The Saw Doctors have released 18 top 30 singles in Ireland with 3 reaching the top of the charts. Their record, I Useta Lover, held the lead for nine consecutive weeks, becoming the country’s all-time, best selling single. In 2008, they received a lifetime achievement award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards.

The band’s fluid line-up has introduced a wide variety of influences to their music. Their packed houses are treated to a signature sound that includes pop, punk, rock ‘n roll and traditional Irish music.

Founder Leo Moran is lead guitarist and vocalist of the group. He is joined by another original member of the group, guitarist/vocalist Davy Carton. Today The Saw Doctors include Kevin Duffy on keyboards, Anthony Thistlethwaite on bass guitar and saxophone and Eímhín Craddock on drums.

The 48th annual Long’s Park Summer Music Series is produced and underwritten by the Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation. The 13 weeks of award-winning, live performances are presented free of charge at Long’s Park, thanks to generous sponsors, private donors and proceeds of the Labor Day weekend Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival. Season sponsors are Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and Susquehanna Bank. Season media sponsors are WARM 103 and 96.1 WSOX. Weather sponsor is WGAL-TV News 8. Building sponsor is Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc.

Partial funding has been provided through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency funded by an annual state appropriation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PCA supplies funding to nonprofit, tax-exempt corporations, a unit of government or a school district with arts programming or services in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Long’s Park concertgoers are invited to bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to the park. A selection of food purveyors will also be in the park, offering a complete meal’s worth of family foods and desserts. Long’s Park is an alcohol-free park.

Long’s Park is conveniently located at 1441 Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster, just off Route 30 across from Park City Center. All events are free of charge and held rain or shine, except in the case of dangerously inclement weather.

Additional information and links to musical previews of Long’s Park’s performers can be found at www.longspark.org or on Facebook. For details on corporate sponsorships of the Long’s Park Summer Music Series and to learn how to make individual and corporate contributions, contact the Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation at www.longspark.org.